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A cocktail I return to every few years and am always pleased by its exotic combination of aromatics and flavors. What holds it back from becoming a rediscovered classic, along the lines of the Last Word, is the difficulty in getting the balance just right. This is not a drink that can be made to predictable specifications. It requires a culinary approach, tasting and tweaking in the tin until the sweet and tart are in harmony, with the knowledge and experience of what dilution will impart. But it does reward the extra effort, there being nothing else in the cocktail lexicon quite like it.